Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia

2013-12-02
 |  Social Science

Publisher : Routledge

ISBN-13 : 1317795199

Page : 280 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 199 voters

Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia brings together a collection of original essays from top scholars in the United States and Asia to explore the centrality of gender in the process of economic development in East Asia. Contributors demonstrate through ethnography, personal narratives, field observation, and in-depth interviews the essential parts women have played in the national growth, economic restructuring, and industrialization of East Asian countries, including South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China.

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